Examples of bummer in a Sentence
Noun (1)
boy, breaking your leg right before vacation is a bummer
the cancellation of the holiday office party was a total bummer
that new start-up company proved to be a real bummer
Noun (2)
a lifelong bummer, he never knew the satisfaction of having to work for a living
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Walter bequeaths Iris his Great Dane, a massive bummer of a canine who keeps sinking deeper into despair over the loss of his companion.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
For someone like me who still prefers physical, this is a major bummer.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Buy Bounce Passes JuJu Watkins’ ACL tear is a major bummer
Late Monday night, USC’s 96-59 win over Mississippi State couldn’t really be celebrated because a fear was realized: The news came down that the terrible-looking knee injury suffered by star JuJu Watkins was indeed an ACL tear.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Anyway, David won, which would turn out to be a bummer of epic proportions due to the imminent jury ramifications.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Walter bequeaths Iris his Great Dane, a massive bummer of a canine who keeps sinking deeper into despair over the loss of his companion.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2025
For someone like me who still prefers physical, this is a major bummer.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Buy Bounce Passes JuJu Watkins’ ACL tear is a major bummer
Late Monday night, USC’s 96-59 win over Mississippi State couldn’t really be celebrated because a fear was realized: The news came down that the terrible-looking knee injury suffered by star JuJu Watkins was indeed an ACL tear.
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Bummer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bummer. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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